inheritance rules (partition vs. primogeniture). After controlling for economic, institutional, religious, and cultural factors … inheritance. We also find that only the effect of inheritance rules persists over the 1971-2001 period. …

depend on inheritance rules on the commons. Motivated by the traditional management of the commons in the Italian Alps, we … progressively eroded from the Middle Ages until 1800, when there was an almost universal adoption of a patrilineal inheritance … system. Communities switched from an egalitarian system to a patrilineal inheritance system in an attempt to protect the per …

response to an inheritance. Both men and women are more likely to stay self-employed after a large inheritance and male …

We experimentally investigate whether people generally perceive inheritance as effort-induced or luck-induced. By … suggest that people would feel entitled to bequests and inheritance unless the randomness of inheritance has been made salient …

inheritance rules (partition vs. primogeniture). After controlling for economic, institutional, religious, and cultural factors … inheritance. We also find that only the effect of inheritance rules persists over the 1971-2001 period. …